Bands That Over Stayed Their Welcome

[gUt]

I thought about them, and David Bowie too, but really compared to some of the others in this list they are still making gold.

 

[Bastard Squad]

Bowie gets a pass by me, he still has a fantastic voice.

Elton John would have to qualify though.

 

[Rexxy]

Surprised no one has mentioned the Rolling Stones yet, their last good album was in 1972.

Pink Floyd should have disbanded after Wish you were Here, although Im prepared to let Animals sneal past.

... Seriously they went from being cutting edge to pop parody...

It should be noted Roger Waters wrote most of the Wall, with the only decent tracks being Comfortably Numb and run Like Hell - both cowritten with Dave Gilmour.

But the album is a bloated fail. An exercise in heavy handedness and excess. Its as if the metaphoric Wall around Rogers impervious to self editing and open to all the cliches.

The only thing it did was give us an anthem for The Vinyl Room "Hey kids, leave our MILFs Alone".

 

[Apey]

REd Hot Chili Peppers for sure. Californication was bearable but you could hear they were running out of ideas. Everything after that is utter trash imo. Having said that I think One Hot Minute is a vastly underrated album, I thought it was great.

Don't agree, but I am a massive RHCP fan. I like By the Way just as much if not more than Californication. One Hit Minute is a great album, as is BSSM.

The less said about Stadium Arcadium the better. I don't mind the majority of the songs on there, but they are nothing compared to their previous work.

It will be interesting to see what their next album is like. As I said, I'm a massive fan so I still believe they have potential to get back to their best.... but if it's anything like Stadium Arcadium then i'll agree with you to an extent - they should have given it up after By the Way.

As for the topic at hand, I can't think of any that should have given up after the first album, but I'm not a fan of Powderfinger's latest few albums compared to their earlier work.

 

[Eelementary]

* Killswitch Engage

Phenomenal with Jesse at the helm. Then Howard came in and the first album or so they were still great. Gone very downhill. "Killswitch Engage" was embarrassing to listen to.

* Metallica

Never really got all the love tbh. Had like 2 good albums. The rest were filler.

* Slayer

Should have stopped a while ago, and I love Slayer...


* Linkin Park

Not a massive fan, but "Hybrid Theory" wasn't bad. Everything since then has gotten progressively worse.

* God Forbid

Not my favourite band, but had some good sh*t. Last two albums were abysmal.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

no jim?

wtf.

thats not pennywise.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Oh and Rancid have been sh*t since And Out Come The Wolves (which was awesome). Album after album of a few good songs and a lot of rubbish
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hmmm

i disagree on life wont wait. ill always love that album (for reasons entirely unrelated to the music). but it had soem cool songs.

but yeah you are correct. indistructible was pretty lame for mine. i only bought it because it came with a t shirt.

their newest one was a bit sh*t.

 

[gUt]

* Metallica

Never really got all the love tbh. Had like 2 good albums. The rest were filler.

This has to be the obvious one. The Black Album was the one that got me into them but when you delve into the back catalog you realise everything post ...And Justice For All is ordinary. I guess the Black Album gets a pass and St Anger wasn't awful but they should have called it a day.

Even Justice is thought by some to be ordinary but I think that's more to do with the shocking production values rather than the songs.

Another: Live. Throwing Copper now seems like an accidentally excellent album when you listen to the next five, with their totally interchangeable songs.

 

[Big Pete]

Oasis - Had been living off (What's The Story) Morning Glory for years while stealing headlines for their petulant behaviour including making snide comments about more relevant bands. Now that they've broken up, the 90's can finally rest.

The Offspring - Before Americana swept the late 90's the Offspring were a surprisingly fun band that covered some interesting themes in their music. Unfortunately after Americana they were never able to progress from that sound. Still, got to respect a band that respects their fans the way they do.

T-Rex - Went from one of the hottest acts in music with Electric Warrior to a rock and rolling punchline later on. Credit to Bolan though, Dandy in the Underworld was a great way to leave this world behind.

Smashing Pumpkins - Their demise is a cautionary tale for any band that's looking to change their sound significantly. Went from the band that made Siamese Dreams, one of the quint-essential 90s albums, to the band that released Machina. They just got too creative for their own good and alienating everyone but their loyal hardcore audience.

The Misfits - Everything after Danzig was a waste of time.

Marilyn Manson - Was considered one of the freshest acts in rock before years of mediocre releases revealed him as a hack.

More local acts...

Powderfinger - Haven't really changed since Internationalist.

Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails on a chalk board for me these days...shame because they weren't so bad with A Song Is A City

End of Fashion - Ripped off The Pixies and haven't been cited since.

Speaking of Australian bands, Silverchair had a sound? What was it? 15 year olds trying to imitate Eddie Veder?

 

[Mong]

This has to be the obvious one. The Black Album was the one that got me into them but when you delve into the back catalog you realise everything post ...And Justice For All is ordinary. I guess the Black Album gets a pass and St Anger wasn't awful but they should have called it a day.

Even Justice is thought by some to be ordinary but I think that's more to do with the shocking production values rather than the songs.

:crazy:

Haven't listened to DM? There are a number of songs that would slot straight into AJFA without any problem at all.

S&M is a worthy album and i am also a fan of load.

Not many would agree with you and say St Anger wasn't awful though..

 

[Skinner]

Elton John after Yellow Brick Road

 

[Red Bear]

Oasis - Had been living off (What's The Story) Morning Glory for years while stealing headlines for their petulant behaviour including making snide comments about more relevant bands. Now that they've broken up, the 90's can finally rest.

The Offspring - Before Americana swept the late 90's the Offspring were a surprisingly fun band that covered some interesting themes in their music. Unfortunately after Americana they were never able to progress from that sound. Still, got to respect a band that respects their fans the way they do.

T-Rex - Went from one of the hottest acts in music with Electric Warrior to a rock and rolling punchline later on. Credit to Bolan though, Dandy in the Underworld was a great way to leave this world behind.

Smashing Pumpkins - Their demise is a cautionary tale for any band that's looking to change their sound significantly. Went from the band that made Siamese Dreams, one of the quint-essential 90s albums, to the band that released Machina. They just got too creative for their own good and alienating everyone but their loyal hardcore audience.

The Misfits - Everything after Danzig was a waste of time.

Marilyn Manson - Was considered one of the freshest acts in rock before years of mediocre releases revealed him as a hack.

More local acts...

Powderfinger - Haven't really changed since Internationalist.

Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails on a chalk board for me these days...shame because they weren't so bad with A Song Is A City

End of Fashion - Ripped off The Pixies and haven't been cited since.

Speaking of Australian bands, Silverchair had a sound? What was it? 15 year olds trying to imitate Eddie Veder?

On the Offspring, I'd agree after Americana, but Americana itself gets seen as rubbish because of the obvious sh*tness of Pretty Fly, but aside from that song its a damn good CD. Their earlier stuff was pretty damn good as well. Should've stopped then.

Misfits, agree completely, should never have reformed.

Eskimo Joe are a bunch of absolute dicks. Dissapeared up their arses a long time ago.

Smashing Pumpkins = Billy Corgan, Billy Corgan is a complete egomaniac,was always going to ruin that band at some point.

 

[gUt]

:crazy:

Haven't listened to DM? There are a number of songs that would slot straight into AJFA without any problem at all.

S&M is a worthy album and i am also a fan of load.

Not many would agree with you and say St Anger wasn't awful though..

S & M was indeed good but it's a live covers album and so doesn't really count here I reckon.

I liked St Anger's punchy sound. At least they'd stopped trying to be all alt-metal (Load and Reload).

I liked a couple of the singles off Load and Reload btw. But if a new band had released those albums they would have been totally ignored.

DM was disappointing because everyone said "Metallica's back! It's like MOP" and I listened to it expecting to hear MOP. Maybe I should give it another go.

 

[gUt]

Eskimo Joe are the musical equivalent of Jarryd Hayne. If they fart into a microphone the FM radio (predictably led by JJJ) play it 14 times every hour and bury the band in false praise.

(I think the whole "Aussie music" thing is a sick farce anyway - it's either good or it's patently bad. Jet, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, that band that Natalie f**kheadwaite was in etc... all of them are utterly worthless but I'm supposed to give them credit because they're from the same island as me? No f**kin way man.)

 

[Non Terminator]

Queen, as soon as Paul Rodgers moved in.

 

[Mong]

S & M was indeed good but it's a live covers album and so doesn't really count here I reckon.

I liked St Anger's punchy sound. At least they'd stopped trying to be all alt-metal (Load and Reload).

I liked a couple of the singles off Load and Reload btw. But if a new band had released those albums they would have been totally ignored.

DM was disappointing because everyone said "Metallica's back! It's like MOP" and I listened to it expecting to hear MOP. Maybe I should give it another go.

DM is nothing like MOP.. Who ever told you that is full of it.

It's a great album all on it's own but it's much closer to AJFA than MOP.

Regarding load, i actually think if a different band released it then the lbum would have been hailed as a great album. Because it was Metallica and much different to prior albums it didn't get the credit it deserved IMO.

 

[Eelementary]

This has to be the obvious one. The Black Album was the one that got me into them but when you delve into the back catalog you realise everything post ...And Justice For All is ordinary. I guess the Black Album gets a pass and St Anger wasn't awful but they should have called it a day.

Even Justice is thought by some to be ordinary but I think that's more to do with the shocking production values rather than the songs.

Another: Live. Throwing Copper now seems like an accidentally excellent album when you listen to the next five, with their totally interchangeable songs.

Indeed. They're not a bad band, Metallica. But some of their albums were just ordinary.

 

[hineyrulz]

:crazy:

Haven't listened to DM? There are a number of songs that would slot straight into AJFA without any problem at all.

S&M is a worthy album and i am also a fan of load.

Not many would agree with you and say St Anger wasn't awful though..

Agreed DM was a massive return to form, and load was a much better album than the crap it copped.

 

[hineyrulz]

Oh and can't belive no one has mentioned U2, there stuff up to the did 90's was awesome but since Pop bar the odd song they have really gone to sh*t. Also the Foo Fighters continue to get steadily worse.

 

[Spud]

Agree on the Foo Fighters, they haven't really been much chop since the 90s. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a shadow of there former selves.

Muse have been very disappointing from a personal standpoint, after Origin of Symmetry I thought they could become the band of the nougties. Absolution had it moments, there were less on Black Holes and Revelations and the newer album is a complete waste of time.

Even though I would disagree, I am surprised no one has mentioned Pearl Jam, altough Backspacer has done nothing for me as yet.